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Barnett denies politician gag for election

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has denied he has placed a "gag" on his party's politicians ahead of the state election.

The Sunday Times newspaper reported that Mr Barnett called together candidates from the Liberal Party for the March 9 election and told them that they weren't to speak to the media if it could be avoided.

But Mr Barnett said on Monday that while he held a briefing with members of parliament to discuss the party's approach and strategy for the election, he did not impose a gag order.

"There's no gag and that word was never used," he told 6PR.

"I'm just simply saying don't get drawn in to a whole lot of issues out of your immediate area of responsibility or your immediate electorate."

Mr Barnett said some Liberal members had already spoken on issues and were entitled to do so.

"We have ministers in place as spokespersons," he said.

"We have clearly planned this election campaign and all I'm saying is we don't want 15 different opinions on one issue.

"We work together as a team and that demonstrates and proves that we can govern as a team."

Mr Barnett confirmed that he told members of parliament to find out what the party's position was on issues before speaking to the media.